Barcelona: In this play, Irene character played by Anne Marie Nest throws one of her high-heeled shoes at the head of a Spanish guy for saying that he hates Americans, then goes home with him. When the guy wants have sex, she protects herself with remaining shoe.

Fragaunard take-three! 3D illustration borrowing its theme from famous painting by Fragaunard, whose original can be viewed further below.

Robert McGinnis is an American artist mainly known for his beautiful renders of women. His images are iconic in that the work he created were at the forefront of that 60′s illustrative style that appeared on romance novels, womens magazines as well as film posters. In a lot of her paintings, the female subjects are depicted in one shoe. To make them appear more feminine? Probably... I have come across with so many of his paintings that I had to combine them under a seperate gallery, which could be viewed by clicking here. The below image is a good example: "﻿this is the more typical McGinnis woman. One shoe off, a haughty look, a complex (usually fairly dark colors) background. All, of which, I find myself drawn to. Mainly, because it is fun to try and understand what the mood and thoughts of the woman might be." flickr

Exhibit poster: Abandoned shoe used as poster for photographic exhibit in Portland. Artist also posted same photo at flickr, and it had already appeared under odd shoes category.

Poster for Russian movie Z'olushka (Cinderella), released in 2012. Both borrowed from flickr (1), (2).

The Brave and the Bold: "Rambyte" discovered a splendid series of one-shoe depictions in cover pages of this early 60s DC Comics. The following is his description and captions: The Brave and the Bold had a team called the Suicide Squad (not the current team where super villains go on suicide missions for the government) which consisted of three men and a woman who would be sent on adventures where they were not expected to survive (hence their name). Anyway the woman, whose name was Karin, on the covers, was always in peril and usually had to be rescued by the others, especially the leader Rick Flagg. Anyway, regardless of the mission, Karin would always be wearing a skirt and high heels (I doubt if Lara Croft would ever wear an outfit like this while on her adventures) and in most of them was either on the verge of, or actually losing one of her shoes. I don't think this scene was repeated in the books themselves, only on the covers. Anyway, several artists drew up homage cover commissions showing the Suicide Squad battling monsters from movies or DC and Marvel Monster comics from the 50s and 60s. A number of them show Karin losing or about to lose one of her high heels. They can be found on the following website: http://www.comicartfans.com. In the search box type "Suicide Squad" and it will bring up all they have. Enjoy!

The Economist: In this prestigious British business magazine, cartoon used to depict Europan banks refusing to reduce their presence in poorly performing European economies.

Hurry Now: Pen, acrylic and water colour on A2 high quality art paper.

Thinking of Ng & the "Lost/Found Shoe": In 2003, Marty Esworthy completed an epic performance art project. There were only four known public performances of this piece. One of them revolved around the finding of a shoe, which may or may not have belonged to Ng. Lost-and-found fliers were made and circulated, along with a picture of the shoe taken on a little proscenium. This one is the original photo (c.2002), propped up on the original proscenium.

A Siesta: Oil and canvas 19th century painting by American artist Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847-1928).And a contemporary copy painted by Enzie Shahmiri. Both discovered by "Kinja".

Jeanny: German song from 1984 to have become verypopular throughout Europe tells story of an underground figure whose girlfriend gets killed by mafia in revenge. The lyrics include "... where's your shoe? You've lost it..." The theme of the album by the same name is a solitary shoe...

The Swing by Fragonard: The original name of this fairly well-known 18th century painting by French painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard is “Les Hazards Heuruex de l’Escarpolette”, translating into “Happy Hazards of Swing”. The name could not have been more appropriate! One commentator brings the following explanation to the shoe that flies off of the lady’s pretty foot: "In French paintings of the period, a naked foot and lost shoe often accompany the more familiar broken pitcher as a symbol of lost virginity."

Apparently, this painting ended up inspiring a musical by the name "Contact", whereby “the first story, Swinging, is a coy re-imagining of Fragonard’s painting The Swing — that rococo up-skirt fantasy that, here, posits an arcing mademoiselle (Mindy Franzese Wild) losing her shoe…”

"Heroes" by Hilderbrandts: In memory of 9-11, American artists Greg & Tim Hilderbrandt came up with this piece painting. Apparently, the one-shoe theme was selected to depict the helpless and defenseless state of the female figure.

BBKing: This the cover of B.B.King’s album “Making Love”. What one-shoe theme symbolizes, anybody’s guess… Contributed by “Nigel”.

Faery Lost Shoe: This is the name for the interesting work found in a Webshot Community website. The site belongs to “Dark”, and the album’s name is “The Magic of Faery’s”.

Standard Oil’s 1958 Calendar: October page of 1958 Standard Oil calendar plays homage to the girl who loses a shoe in the movie theatre. Borrowed from “Kinja”s page.

Saturday Evening Post: The cover of December 14, 1946 issue of Saturday Evening Post pays homage to the lost shoe in the theatre. Contributed by “Kinja”.

Painting from Italy: “Kinja” was kind enough to contribute this painting by an Italian artist called Olivia. Unfortunately, he couldn’t re-locate the page.

Lost Items: In a recent exhibition by ceramic artist called Ayse Kursuncu, a solitary shoe was included among the household items that happen to get lost at home. She created ceramic replicas of such varied items as a newspaper, a golden brooch, a harmonica, a backgammon piece, a book, a handbag, and a solitary high-heeled shoe. She explained; “those are daily-life items, totally unrelated to each other. Their monetary values differ tremendously. Yet, when you lose them, their momentary value becomes totally irrespective of their monetary worth. For instance, a backgammon piece lost right at the middle of the backgammon game could matter a lot more than a golden brooch lost a week ago…” Interesting to see that shoe is treated as an item that gets lost at ease.

Super Heroines: Variety of female super heroes removing their boots (as this appears to be their universal footwear!) is the theme of a Yahoo Group, “toodeboot”. Contributions under photos section include "Vampirella" withut her boot...... and the following three pages from “Spiderwoman” comics book...

ToriAmos: Painting depicting one-shod Tori Amos, by Jen Andersen, taken from his website.

Lost Slipper: Under its Lost Gallery, the funky art website has this street posting of a lost slipper. The accompanying explanation goes as: “The Lost Series questions our reliance of the objects we surround ourselves with daily. Each one highlights an item you wouldn’t really care about if you misplaced it or bother about it if you never found it again”. Someone also made a French version and placed in flickr.com.

To Have and to Kill: The cover of the fiction book probably from 1950s.

Cendrillon at Hospital: In the website of this charity, one-shod Cinderella depicted at the hospital. Her errant slipper could be seen in the background.

And another Cendrillon-themed painting...

In addition to shoe loss stories from real life, as well as the ever-expanding number of movies and TV programs and commercials with such content, occasionally I have come across with paintings, cartoons, and other forms of artwork depicting loss of footwear, all of which was combined under the title "visual arts". Naturally, contributions, corrections or remarks are most welcome. Please use droppedit@with1shoe.com.